Flood control dam to protect New Braunfels, downstream residents

Zeke MacCormack/San Antonio Express-News

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From a bluff high above the Dry Comal Creekbed, Comal County Engineer Tom Hornseth describes work being done by construction crews (background) now building a flood control dam that will be 1700 feet long, 100 feet high and 80 feet wide at its base and 25 feet wide at its top. The dam, which cost $19.2 million to build, is slated for completion by August. Zeke MacCormack

From a bluff high above the Dry Comal Creekbed, Comal County Engineer Tom Hornseth describes work being done by construction crews (background) now building a flood control dam that will be 1700 feet long, 100 feet high and 80 feet wide at its base and 25 feet wide at its top. The dam, which cost $19.2 million to build, is slated for completion by August. Zeke MacCormack